The impact of differing frames on early stages of intersectoral collaboration: the case of the First 1000 Days Initiative in the Western Cape Province.
Health Res Policy Syst
; 18(1): 3, 2020 Jan 09.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
While intersectoral collaboration is considered valuable and important for achieving health outcomes, there are few examples of successes. The literature on intersectoral collaboration suggests that success relies on a shared understanding of what can be achieved collectively and whether stakeholders can agree on mutual goals or acceptable trade-offs. When health systems are faced with negotiating intersectoral responses to complex issues, achieving consensus across sectors can be a challenging and uncertain process. Stakeholders may present divergent framings of the problem based on their disciplinary background, interests and institutional mandates. This raises an important question about how different frames of problems and solutions affect the potential to work across sectors during the initiating phases of the policy process.METHODS:
In this paper, this question was addressed through an analysis of the case of the First 1000 Days (FTD) Initiative, an intersectoral approach targeting early childhood in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. We conducted a documentary analysis of 34 policy and other documents on FTD (spanning global, national and subnational spheres) using Schmidt's conceptualisation of policy ideas in order to elicit framings of the policy problem and solutions.RESULTS:
We identified three main frames, associated with different sectoral positionings - a biomedical frame, a nurturing care frame and a socioeconomic frame. Anchored in these different frames, ideas of the problem (definition) and appropriate policy solutions engaged with FTD and the task of intersectoral collaboration at different levels, with a variety of (sometimes cross) purposes.CONCLUSIONS:
The paper concludes on the importance of principled engagement processes at the beginning of collaborative processes to ensure that different framings are revealed, reflected upon and negotiated in order to arrive at a joint determination of common goals.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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5_ODS3_mortalidade_materna
Problema de salud:
1_desigualdade_iniquidade
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2_cobertura_universal
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5_maternal_care
Asunto principal:
Servicio Social
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Desarrollo Infantil
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Colaboración Intersectorial
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Servicios de Salud Materno-Infantil
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Política de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Res Policy Syst
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article